Lobby Bar – July 20: Rachel and Ross, Schadenfreude, HAL, and ‘I’ll Take New Airlines for $200, Alex!’

Lobby Bar – Making Travel News Great Again

We don’t need no stinkin’ airline. Serial airline entrepreneur David Neeleman is at it again, this time starting yet another new airline in the United States. There’s only one problem: In order to start operations, the existing carriers have to vote one of its own off the island.

I won’t be there for you. After a successful run, “Friends! The Musical Parody” is closing and theatergoers are on edge. Why? The producers promised to reveal how the twenty somethings with no visible means of support are able to afford a New York City apartment with a 3,000-square-foot (279-square-meter) living room.

Modern family.JW Marriott’s “Family by JW” program is offering programs for those between the ages of five and 12. Some parents didn’t realize that it’s just for guests and they can’t simply drop their children off at a JW Marriott property on their way to the office, however. In other news, several JWs are now under siege by the pre-teens, who are demanding baked pizza casserole be added to the menu.

I don’t want THAT coffee, Hal.Austin’s airport is getting a robotic coffee house and customers are generally pleased, with the exception of FBT publisher David Goldes. Each time he placed an order, the only response he got was “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

The remote city of San Miguel de Allende, 170 miles (274 kilometers) northwest of Mexico City, was founded in 1542 by San Miguel El Grande, a San Franciscan monk. The city was a focal point of the Mexican war for independence from Spain. It was renamed after Ignacio Allende, a hero of the independence movement. Today, the region is home to more than 72,000 residents including a large U.S. and …

Six U.S. airlines said they are working to introduce additional gender options for travelers who do not identify exclusively as male or female.
The change will add options for “unspecified” and “undisclosed” and will keep airlines in compliance with U.S. and foreign government requirements that allow passenger data to match the identification carried by travelers to airport security checkpoints and immigration controls.
The move follows the adoption of new standards for travelers …